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Just getting all caught up (again)--let's blame it on the holidays, shall we? (grin)
Love all your pictures, descriptions, and stories! And I'm glad that the sign pointed out that the booty shorts were for ladies. I don't think I would want to see any men (that I know) in booty shorts, thank you very much!
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Sorry conditions weren't great for snorkeling, but at least Claire gave it a try
That sure was a lot of ships docked, so glad that store had an ample supply of booty shorts for everyone coming ashore!
I had a horrible feeling the weather was going to affect your excursion. That's too funny about the bootyshorts!
My next worry was would we be able to make it to Castaway Cay as when it's too windy they have issues getting in....
I now know where to get booty shorts if I ever have the urge to wear them.
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Just getting all caught up (again)--let's blame it on the holidays, shall we? (grin)
Love all your pictures, descriptions, and stories! And I'm glad that the sign pointed out that the booty shorts were for ladies. I don't think I would want to see any men (that I know) in booty shorts, thank you very much!
I totally understand. I can't stay caught up on anything anymore.
Yeah I don't know any men I would want to see in them either.
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Bummer that the waves were so bothersome to your excursion . That would certainly make it less enjoyable.
One time when we docked in Nassau, there were 7 ships!
It did make it harder, but we fought through it. It was a good work out.
That's crazy
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My goodness, that was a lot of cruise ships in port that day. Some were stacked up two deep!
It was super busy there. I have never seen that many there in my 4 times of going to Nassau.
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So sorry the waves weren't more cooperative and that it wore everyone out
It was rough, but we survived and i still had a good time.
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Sorry the waves made the snorkeling less than enjoyable for Claire! You did some great pictures though. Bootyshorts
It was hard but I am still glad we did it. I like that she did something new.
WE had a good laugh over the booty shorts.
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Sorry conditions weren't great for snorkeling, but at least Claire gave it a try
That sure was a lot of ships docked, so glad that store had an ample supply of booty shorts for everyone coming ashore!
I can only imagine the rage people would feel if they ran out of booty shorts!
And of course some dessert….which always includes a chocolate chip cookie.
After we ate, Skip took Claire swimming.
As they were in there I noticed how much Claire looks like Skip. At one point I only saw both their foreheads sticking out and I couldn’t tell who was who. LOL.
I told them I was heading off the ship again for a little bit and would catch up with them later.
I walked down the streets and browsed a few shops.
I know I went in the Del Sol store and looked at things but they were more money than I wanted to spend for what they were. I ended up just buying some pretty and nice smelling soaps and a couple of magnets.
I then headed back to the ship.
Cold towellette?
I headed back to the room and showered and just kind of hung out and straightened things up. We had been part of the fish extender exchange…kind of like a secret santa that’s not so secret. You sign up ahead of time and then deliver gifts to other rooms that are part of it and they in turn deliver little gifts to yours. You hang your pocket extender on the fish outside the door. I had been delivering ours off and on throughout the cruise….. I went through what we had and we really got a lot of things this time and some nice stuff too. Typically a lot of it is junk, but we did get some decent usable stuff this time around.
After a bit Claire and Skip made it back to the room. Claire had made a friend at the pool…actually on the Aqua Dunk. Yes…her and Skip did the Aqua Dunk. Skip said it was painful and only did it once, but Claire did it several times. While in line she recognized a girl who had sang karaoke the night before and struck up a conversation with her. They then swam together and had a lot of fun. Claire asked if she could skip dinner tonight and go to the kids club as her friend was going to be there during the time of our dinner. I said that was fine and I was excited she had made a new friend.
I told Claire to get in the shower and I would order some room service. Skip wanted to know why I would do such a thing…..because I can…that’s why! Claire at this point in time always had me help her wash her hair. She can do it on her own but preferred me to do it. I told her to just do it on her own and she kept yelling out for help and step by step instructions. Seriously? It’s not hard to take a dang shower. Now that it is several months later she is a pro at taking them and doesn’t ask for help and I am so happy she decided this is something she can do on her own…..about time! So I made the room service order and we just hung out in the room while we waited. Skip took a little nap. A knock finally came on our door and our goodies were here.
I got Claire a hot dog and fries since she would be missing dinner. She doesn’t like buns so she took the hotdog out and started eating it before I grabbed the camera.
I ordered the All Hands on Deck cheese platter.
After we had our snacks we decided to head out for a bit. I have no pictures, so I am not sure exactly what we did, so it must not have been too exciting…or it was and I was too excited to take pictures. LOL.
I believe we then headed to the show, where Skip got some sort of beverage and Claire got popcorn. Tonight’s show was Villains Tonight, which is my least favorite Disney show. It was also pirate night tonight. Skip thought this one was better than the night before, which surprised me.
I think we then dropped Claire off at the kids club and headed back to our room for some reason for a few minutes.
And then a walk by the Buena Vista Theatre.
Captain Hook out for a meet and greet.
And we worked our way to dinner, which was at Lumiere’s tonight.
It was strange with it being just the 2 of us.
Our rolls.
I got my favorite drink…a Princess Delight. It’s so good….no alcohol in it for those wondering. I think it’s a mango and Strawberry smoothie basically. I actually had them make me something like this on the Princess cruise I took in Sept. Not quite as good but it was not too far off and delicious as well.
Skip was trying different ways to wear his bandana.
They came around taking pictures at one point so Skip and I gave our best pirate looks. Since I had a coupon for a free picture this is the one that I ended up getting. It was the only one where Skip wasn’t giving a creepy look.
Appetizers started to come out. I got the Escargot - with diced mushrooms and garlic butter, served with a Baguette.
I also got the Iced Lobster and Jumbo Shrimp – with green asparagus, horseradish cream and dill dressing.
Skip got the Onion Soup Gratinee – with baguette and Gruyere cheese.
I believe I got the Roasted Filet for an entrée. (Well some kind of steak)
After feeling left out last night, Skip got 2 entrees tonight. I have no clue what this is…possibly the duck?
And some sort of steak as well.
He cleaned his plates so they must’ve tasted decent to him.
You got some wonderful pictures both on the water and land too! Although I'm not a fan of the Bahamas, the water does look pretty. Sorry the seas were rough for snorkeling. I'm sure Claire enjoyed her time at the pool when you got back though!
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That's too funny about the bootyshorts! 
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Room service is so cool on board since it's basically free. 
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